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M. B. BRYLD.

SOFA 0R ARMCHMR THAT CAN BE CONVERTED TO A BED.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 8,1920- Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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MATHIAS BERING BRYLD. OF HQRSENS. DENMARK.

SOFA OR ARMCHAIR THAT CAN BE CONVERTED TO A BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 12mm.

Application filed July 8, 1920. Serial No. 394,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATHIAS BEBING Berra), director, a citizen of Denmark, residing at Horsens, Torvet Nr. 7, a subject of the King of Denmark, have invented a new and useful Sofa or Armchair that Can be Converted'to a Bed, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to a sofa or an armchair that can be converted to a bed. The distinguishing feature of my invention is that, when a special lockanechauism is released, the seat of the sofa or the armchair, inilliencel by springs. is automatiizally pushed forward, whereby the part of the seat that is normally placed under the back of the sofa or the armchair becomes usable as a bed. Between the back-edge of the movable seat and the back of the piece of furniture in question a coarse cloth is stretched out, which, when the seat is pushed forward, is tightly-stretched flush with the top of the seat, whereby the area, used as a bed, is enlarged.

My invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perpendicular section through a sofa with the seat pushed forward, so that it can be used as a bed;

Fig. 2 is the same drawing with the seat of the sofa in its normal position Fig. 3 is the sofa seen 111 front partly sectiohally;

Fig; 4 is a fragmentary sectional view;

Fig. 5 is a. perpendicular section of an armchair, and

Fig. 6 is the same converted to a bed.

An additional style of constructions is illustrated in the Figs. 79, in which Fig. 7 is part of a sofa seen from the top;

Fig. 8 the same seen in front; and

Fig. 9 the same with the back let down.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As shown in Figs. 14 the substructure of the sofa consists of a frame 5, supported b legs 6. To the frame 5 is secured a sofa-back 9. At each end of the frame 5 is a board 10, on which the seat ll. of the sofa can slide, while being moved backward and forward.

The seat .11 has two arms 7 and 8 and consists of a frame 12 of boards on edge, over which there is expanded a stuffed covcrre. From the seat 11 there go out two downward projections 14, between which and the back of the frame 5 some springs 15 are compressed, which seek to push the seat of the sofa forward, that is to say away from the back of the sofa.

To the front side of the frame 5 there is secured a lock-mechanism consisting of two bars 16. The bars 16 can be turned on their respective gudgeons 17, and each of them has at its very end a pin 18. which normally juts into a hole in the under side of the sofascat 11. To one of the bars 16 is secured a lltllr plate 19, which passes under the other bar so that both bars can be turned at the samc time, when for instance you lift the plate 19 by your tiptoe. Over each of the bars 16 there is fitted a spring 20, which seeks to cause the bars to occupy the position, shown; in Fig. 3, where the pins 18 are in engagement with the holes set apart for them in the sofa-seat 11.

The arms 7 and 8 are shown without stufting. The arm 8 is fast, whereas the arm 7, when lifted a little, can be let down to the position 7, shown in Fig. 3, a hinge 21 being fitted at its ,bottom edge, (see Fig. 4).

As before said, it is necessary to lift the arm a little, so that a key on a ledge 28 of the arm can go clear of a corresponding slot in a led eQQ, which is fitted in fast connection with the seat 11.

Instead of the key and the slot, of course, a pin on the ledge 28 and a corresponding mo tise in the ledge 29 can be used.

chain 22, Fig. 3, keeps the arm in its sloping position. The hinge 21 can be a doublehihge, as shown in Fig. 4, with one hingelink 23, so that the arm, when lifted and then let down, can occupy the position 'i" shown in Fig. 3, where the arm is nearly perpendicular.

The back we might use as a cupboard, its uppe and foremost wall being formed by a flap hat can be turned on a hinge 24. A bbard'25 forms thebottom of the cupboard.

Under the sofa is a chest 26, covered with a piece of canvas 27, or the like. This extends between the foremost upper edge of the chest 26 and the hindmost lower edge of the sofa-seat. so that it is removed automatically, when the sofa-seat is pushed forward;

or is caused to cover the chest 26, when the sofa-seat is pushed back to the position, shown in Fig. 2. The said chest can be used as a depository of bed-clothes.

To the upper and hindinost edge of the "sofa-seat 11 there is secured a coarse cloth 30, the opposite side of which is removably secured to the back of the sofa by means of clasps (see Fig. 1), whenthe seat is pushed uite forward, the cloth is tightly stretched ush with the top of the seat, and can form a comfortable bed, for instance for a child.

At the fore-side of the sofa-seat there are feet 31 that can be turned.

As shown in Fig. l to the sot'aback there is secured a pivot 32, which iiormally juts into a hole 33 in the back-piece of the arm 7, so that the arm is firmly held in place. when the piece of furniture is used as a sofa; but when used as a bed, the arni can be lifted and turned easily.

The stalling of the back 9 consists of springs 34, which alternately with short pieces of hoops are stretched l)[t'l"(ll the two side-pieces of the back-flap. Thus a good and cheap structure is obtained. together with spaciousness in the cupboard, formed by the sofa-back.

he sofa. works as follows:

In Fig. 2, when you lift the plate 19 by your tiptoe, the pins 18 are drawn out of the holes in the under side of the sofaseat, and this is then, influenced encd springs 15, pushed forward to the position, shown in Fig. l, and the sofa can now be locked in a proper manner. Then the arm 7 is let down, and the sofaseat to gether with the cloth 30 can now be used as a bed. When the bed again is to be con verted to a sofa, the arm 7 is passed back to its normal position, and the sofa-seat is pushed back to the position shown in Fig. 2, where the pins 18, influenced by the springs 20, of their own accord move into their respective holes in the under side of the sofa-seat, whereb this is locked. j

As sl iown in Figs. 5 and G the piece of furniture mentioned can also he constructed gsan armchair that can be converted to a The armchair consists of a loose seat 35, supported by the substructure 36 of the chair. 37 is the stufl'ed back of the chair, h can turn seat 11 mentioned above, by some lock mech anism, and when this is released, the seat is ssed forward to the position shown in ig. 6, influenced b springs, which for instance can be located hidden under the arms. The seat has as its that can be turned. The back 37,1's then turned backward to the position, shown in by the tight perpendicular pivot 0,

front edge two feet 41' Fig. 6, where it serves as a bolster, and a coarse cloth 44 expanded between the foremost edge 42 of the back 37 and the hind-- most edge 43 of the seat 35 now forms the necessary con nection between the bolster and the seat 35.

The arms 40 are in the shown style of con struction secured to the substructure 36 of the chair, but they can also be secured to the seat 35 and take part in its ahead motion.

The site of the gudgeon 39 is of but little consequence, if only the coarse cloth 44 will he in a line with the top of the seat The interior of both the back and the arms can be used depositorics of bedclothes for instance.

The abovenientiorwil sofa can also be built on the same principle as the armchair, so that the sleepers will be lying with the head toward the back of the sofa, and the legs at the fore-side of the sofaeeat.

in the abovementionwi sofa, which. can be onverted to a bed, we have onceived the arms to he placed perpendicular to the back of the sofa. With certain types of furniture, however, this is not the case; these types have their arms at an angle to the back of the sofa, or the arms take the form of a bow, and form a direct continuation of the sofa-back, so that it is impossible to see an abrupt transition between Zthe back of the sofa and the arm. i

W hen such. a slanting or curved arm is let down in order to form a bolster of a bed: the position of the bolster will become very inconvenient for the sleeper.

The peculiar feature of the invention now is that the arm is so connected with the substructure or the seat of the sofa that it turns on a perpendicular axis, at the'same time as it is let down to a slanting position, so that it, in this position, will be situated in the correct proportion to the seat of the sofa.

The substructure a (see Figs. 7-9) of the sofa supports the sofa-seat b, the back 0 and the arm 0!.

'To the substructure a there is secured a on which an ironstrap f can turn. The arm a! is by means of hinges g and 71 secured turnable to this strap, and by two or three chains 23 andk connected with the substructure and back of the sofa.

When the arm a? is let down to serve asi bolster, the strap 7 will, of its own acco turn on the plvot c to the osition v which the chains 1' and are tightly stretched. Consequently, by varyi the length of the chains the arm d can adjusted, that, in its slanting position it 13 situated opposite the sofa-seat b, and has]: correct inclination in pro ortion to same. The triangular space and the sofa-seat can be covered with a tween the arm coarse cloth, sewn on these objects, a cloth that unfolds itself of its own accord, when the arm is let down.

The hinges g and a can have several joints, as shown in Fig. 9, so that the arm obtains an easier motion in relation to the strap I claim:

1. A piece of convertible furniture comprising a slidable seat, hingedly mounted arms, a back, a frame slidably supporting said seat, means on said back cooperating with said arms to retain them in vertical position, said means being disconnected hen said seat is moved away from said back, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a slidable seat, a frame slidably supportingsaid seat, arms pivotally mounted upon said seat and movable therewith u back, pins projecting from said back. said arms being formed with apertures, said pins and apertures coiiperating to retain said arms in vertical position, said arms being; adapted to move away from said back and be released therefrom when said seat forced to its extended position, substantially as described 3. A. device of the class described colnprii-l ing a frame, a slulably mounted seat supported on said Frqne, hick, arms, a pii otally mounted sh in, and means for hingedly securing said arms to saidstrap, substantially as descril'ied.

l. A device oli the class described which comprises a frame, a slidably mounted scat supported on said frame, a back mounted rigidl with respect to said frame, arms, straps pivotally mounted and capable of: swinging horizontally. means for pivotal mounting said arms to said straps, said arms being movabb with said seat and means on the bark ooperating with said arms to retain them substantially reriiral when fl g seat is in w-ira b d within The foregoing 1;: w 1E yg nzd in Aarhus, Denmark, this e n V e i June, 1920.

MATHIAS l-ililtibil :HtY in presence oF-- MAns, PEDER lslu-iusim, MAX KoNosMon. 

